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Thalassa ![]()
Thalassa closely orbits Neptune once in 7 hours, 30 minutes and is very similar to many other moons of Neptune in its irregularity of shape and its general lack of geological activity. Thalassa orbits the same direction of Neptune and is close to its equatorial plane. The satellite is at a distance of 25,200 kilometers (15,700 miles) from Neptune's surface and as discovered in 1989 through analyzing photographs taken by Voyager 2.
| PHYSICAL DATA FOR THALASSA | |
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| Mass (kg) | ? |
| Mass (Earth = 1) | ? |
| Radius (km) | 40 |
| Radius (Earth = 1) | 6.2716e - 03 |
| Mean Density (g/cm3) | ? |
| Mean Distance from Neptune (km) | 50,000 |
| Magnitude (V0) | 23.8 |
| ORBITAL DATA FOR THALASSA | |
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| Rotational period (days) | ? |
| Orbital period (days) | 0.311485 |
| Mean orbital velocity (km/s) | 11.68 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0002 |
| Orbital inclination (degrees) | 0.21 |
| Escape (km/s) | ? |
| Albedo | 0.06 |
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